*This book includes the full text (193 lines) of a Christmas play from Whiston,
Yorks., performed about 1883. The characters are: Fool, St. George,
Slasher, Doctor, Prince of Paradine, King of Egypt, Hector,
Beelzebub and Devil Doubt. The script is the same as in "The Peace Egg"
chapbooks, and like them is arranged in two acts.

This script formed part of the repertoire of Nottingham's Owd Oss
Mummers.

The original book has not yet been seen. The location, date and time
of year have been drawn from the relevant entry in E.C.Cawte et al's
"English Ritual Drama" (1967) p.65.